diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
index 00fbdbc1..e3c4d5e2 100644
--- a/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ function setup {
 function build {
   setup
 
-  make pyinst
-  make install
-  make precommit
+  set -e
+  make install-devel
+  make lint
   make test
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function build_it {
 
   docker pull ubuntu/squid:latest
 
-  # make it38, it39, etc.
+  # make it38, it39, etc. so they run as concurrent GHA jobs
   make "it${1//./}"
 }
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index dfb0acf8..44393e99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: CI Actions
+name: Run Unit Tests
 on: [workflow_dispatch, pull_request]
 jobs:
   Unit-Tests:
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - macos-latest
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
       - name: Clone pyenv
         run: git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv
+
       - name: Run the CI build script
         run: bash .ci/build.sh build
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
index d2a80b65..da87a35d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Docker Build ${{ matrix.platform }}
         run: |
-            set -x
             docker buildx version
             tag=osb/osb-`echo ${{ matrix.platform }} | tr '/' '-'`
+            set -x
             docker buildx build --platform ${{ matrix.platform }} --build-arg VERSION=`cat version.txt` --build-arg BUILD_DATE=`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ` -f docker/Dockerfile -t "$tag" -o type=docker .
+            set +x
             docker images | grep "$tag"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24f5ae2a..12888dfe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 SHELL = /bin/bash
 PIP = pip3
 VERSIONS = $(shell jq -r '.python_versions | .[]' .ci/variables.json | sed '$$d')
+VERSION38 = $(shell jq -r '.python_versions | .[]' .ci/variables.json | sed '$$d' | grep 3\.8)
 PYENV_ERROR = "\033[0;31mIMPORTANT\033[0m: Please install pyenv.\n"
 
 pyinst:
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ pyinst:
 	@for i in $(VERSIONS); do pyenv install --skip-existing $$i; done
 	pyenv local $(VERSIONS)
 
+pyinst38:
+	@which pyenv > /dev/null || { printf $(PYENV_ERROR); exit 1; }
+	pyenv install --skip-existing $(VERSION38)
+	pyenv local $(VERSION38)
+
 check-java:
 	@if ! test "$(JAVA_HOME)" || ! java --version > /dev/null 2>&1 || ! javadoc --help > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
 	    echo "Java installation issues for running integration tests" >&2; \
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ install-deps:
 install-user: install-deps
 	PIP_ONLY_BINARY=h5py $(PIP) install -e .
 
-install-devel: install-deps
+install-devel: pyinst38 install-deps
 	PIP_ONLY_BINARY=h5py $(PIP) install -e .[develop]
 
 wheel:
@@ -71,9 +77,7 @@ lint:
 test:
 	pytest tests/
 
-precommit: lint
-
-it: check-java python-caches-clean tox-env-clean
+it: pyinst check-java python-caches-clean tox-env-clean
 	@which tox || $(PIP) install tox
 	tox